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Technically she is there as a supervisorhttp://www.puckcomics.com/?comic=puck-459
In reality, she is there to support Daphne. In her own mind, she is probably just enjoying the sparkle of prom, and perhaps living just a bit through Daphne (or trying to).
Doesn’t really explain the outfit though, the outfit is explained purely by Phoebe being Phoebe.
To be honest, I would expect prom supervisors to be “smart casual”, noticeable, but more part of the scenery.
Although at least by breaking up this fight, Phoebe is sort of doing her job, even if it is focused on keeping just one student out of trouble.

I think she forgot the pretense as to why she was supposed to be there. And as someone who has supervised many a prom, I will say that some of the fun comes from trying to upstage the kids. I wear a three piece with a gold pocket watch and chain. It’s a bit much. By design.

Daphne does not react well when her schemes go down in flames, does she? She’s like her ma that way.
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I love panel 3. Ty has grown up with Phoebe so to him she’s not dressed voluptuously, she’s just the same old Crazy Auntie Phoebe Being Inappropriate…. and she knows it!

Yes, “A Policeman’s Lot Is Not A Happy One” is one of the most cheerfully daft songs ever … and Phoebe might take its lesson to heart.
“Pirates Of Penzance” is unabashedly silly fun. The less abashing the better. So many great songs: “I Am A Pirate King!” “The Modern Major General” and anything Linda Ronstadt sings – it doesn’t matter want.

[EG]:
You can’t recognize this? … Seriously???!?
I’m shocked! Shocked, I say! That was CLEARLY “The Pirates of Penzance”, with a cast which includes Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, & George Rose.
Still, it’s not a flawless rendition of the “G-&-S” operetta. I never liked their conceit of comparing the policemen to the “Keystone Cops”:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Cops]

I’m not a Gilbert & Sullivan guy. I’ve seen Topsy Turvy. Know a little bit of the Mikado. That’s it. I TOTALLY did not know there was a ‘Pirates of Penzance” made with Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt in it. I grew up on Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals instead. My mom had a thing for those.

Considering how she’s been acting like a pure unmitigated c#$% and [email protected]#$waffle, I’d have no problems with her shanking Daph at this point. She’s been barely tolerable as a borderline tsundere/dendere this whole time. She’s pretty much crossed the line to unmitigated @$$hat at this point. Dripping at that.

I like the sense of motion with Daphne in panel 2. As an observer only, that seems to be very hard for a lot of artists to pull off. Stilted characters knock me out of the suspension of disbelief while I’m reading. That, OTOH, was a smooth push aside by Phoebe.

Motion is really, REALLY hard to draw. The imbue the character with a sense of dynamic energy is a big challenge, and it gets bigger when the character has realistic proportions. That’s why many comic artists go toward a heavily abstracted style: it’s easier to give it a sense of life. On the other end of the spectrum, that’s my big problem with lots of those CGI ‘photo-realistic’ comics made with premade human-type models. They often come across as very stiff and unnatural. They lack that sense of life.

For my part, I try to do what I can to keep things dynamic, though it’s something I struggle with. I am, however, proud of panel two.

Well, standards in any medium build over time. Great comic art in the 30s was subpar comic art in the 50s was laughably bad comic art in the 21st century. I mean, even looking at the art output of one dude. Kirby’s work in the 40s is way cruder and simpler than his work in the 60s – 80s.

[SalemCat]:
Yes, because “Once Upon A Time”, the tools for communicating in the format of the “Sequential Art”-medium had not yet been invented. Lacking a formal line of research, each artist just experimented, & made note of what worked-or-failed.
For example, just consider how “The Yellow Kid” had to make-do, before the invention of the “Word Balloon”!
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Kid]

Much like the Knights Who Say “Ni!” …
… “None have lived to tell the tail!”
( … no, that’s NOT a “typo” … )
“There will be Pain.”
“There will be Suffering.”
“Finally, You Will Die.”
( … it’s a “Narn Thing”, you see … but don’t take my word for it – just ask any Centauri … )

Well, Phoebe operates in a very different fashion sphere completely divorced from logic. She’s also kinda trying to relive the past that never was because she never went to her own prom. So a little bit of overcompensation too.